Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1907. 1st Edition. A beautiful 1907 1st Edition of the explorations of Colonel George Earl Church in Brazil during the 1870s with six maps, five of them full-color and black-and-white fold-outs. "Having written on issues associated with Mexico, the United States Government had Church appointed as..... More
Philadelphia: Franklin Press, 1909. 1st Edition. 8v0. 1909 1st Edition of this influential Nautical Memoir originally from the family of Robert Barrie. Fold-out map included. A handsome and sound classic account of the Barrie brothers' sailing adventures in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays in the early days of boating..... More
Chicago, IL: Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1898. 1st Edition. Fascinating Pictorial broadside on light pink paper advertising a lecture illustrated with magic lantern slides, describing the Alaskan country and how to discover “fabulous wealth” by prospecting for gold, published by Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago. The broadside advertises..... More